Hi everyone--
The show went great last night. My boy came out and sat next to me and
played "fiddle" with two sticks and caught a beachball thrown on stage
and it was a really fun time. I was not as sore as I feared although I
could tell I wasn't running on all cylinders. The positive flip side
Well, I live in the country so I peed on a few trees today...
I'm in my mid-30s and generally feel my joints are okay. A few of my
bandmates have had carpal tunnel so they've shown me some of their
stretches. Their doctor's advice is to pop a few advil a few hours
before the show. I may or may no
"watch the dog and do what the dog does"
Tater, I hope that doesn't include peeing on a tree and drinking out
of the toilet!
(-; Holstein
On Jul 19, 3:48 pm, mistertaterbug wrote:
> Erik,
> I don't know how old a man you are, but if you're 50-ish, you might
> think about getting yourse
Erik,
I don't know how old a man you are, but if you're 50-ish, you might
think about getting yourself some glucosamine/chondroitin/msm tablets
and take them every day. My hands, fingers, wrists, elbows, etc all
hurt from time to time, especially after a lot of playing, say at a
camp like I'm at n
The book is a great idea. Thank you. I also love the phrase "whipper
snipper." I call it a string trimmer, impeccable accuracy and zero
flair. Whipper Snipper.
>From an earlier suggestion from Nelson, not skimping on the sleep
seems like very good, albeit unexpected, advice. I must put for the
ef
Yard jobs and hands ...yes...I think so too, I am reluctant to get my
hands into cold winter soil to weed, because of fingers stiffening up
to the point of lost dexterity and ...then the pain...but the weeds
are steadily growing..
I like the practice book idea
On Jul 17, 9:00 am, The Ho
I think performing is a bit like tennis and you need to be match fit
to last the distance. The only way to increase your stamina /
durability is to practice exactly what you want to build up. I find
this to be very true especially when it comes to singing. If I haven't
sung in a while due to instr
Erik,
I don't know if this is related to your situation or not, but I'll add
it. I have a fibromyalgia sort of thing that causes muscle fatigue.
Sometimes, I can't play because my arms just don't want to work.
I find that the best way to take care of it is regular practice and
not cheating myse
It takes a lot less muscle strength to fret a note than we all
normally use. Remember that and you'll be fine.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:04 AM, erik berry wrote:
>
> New pickups and bridges. Broke 30 strings on the last tour, including
> 8 in one night. Needed new gear to arrive in mail, I spent
oil change? what is that? i have not serviced one of mandolin for 10 years
not and plays fine... sounds better than ever!
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM, erik berry wrote:
>
> New pickups and bridges. Broke 30 strings on the last tour, including
> 8 in one night. Needed new gear to arrive in m
New pickups and bridges. Broke 30 strings on the last tour, including
8 in one night. Needed new gear to arrive in mail, I spent 5 minutes
taking a look and then said "a professional's gonna have to help me
here." It's sort of one of those things where every little bit that's
pushed me here seemed
Nothing substitutes for regular practice/playing. Nothing. I have a
pub gig tonight which will consist of a lot of fast-moving bluegrass
songs and usually some songs I don't know or don't play regularly
enough to be on top of. I'm not ready for it, but it's a bar crowd, so
who's going to know if I
Wow - That really does seem like a conundrum.
Both hanging on to a paint scraper, and shoveling will tire your grip, and
also maybe overuse your clenching muscles. I am not a doctor or anything,
but I bet it would be a good thing to work the reverse muscles to keep some
sort of muscular balance. S
Anyone ever run into this? My personal situation (just bought a house,
getting married in a few weeks, new garage, garden, etc) has resulted
in my being unable to play mandolin for several weeks due to the
physical work I've been doing. It's normally tricky at home anyway
because the house is litt
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